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Brendan Greeley
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Contributing editor @FT, PhD candidate in financial history @PrincetonHist. The Almighty Dollar is available May 19th!
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Mar 23
    I have been working on The Almighty Dollar, a 500-year history of the world's most powerful money, for seven years. It changed the way I thought about money. It will be available on May 19th. People who have read it seem to like it. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502/t…
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Mar 21, 2018
    Having studied my habits and preferences, my daughter hacked my attention this morning for her political agenda
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Aug 30, 2018
    Wife: How's the article going? Me: I'm at the point where I don't know how I'm going to finish it, I'm angry at myself for having agreed to write it, and I'm not even sure I should have become a journalist. Wife: So you're almost done then.
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Jun 19, 2018
    If it's a zero-tolerance policy, why aren't we arresting everyone who employs undocumented workers?
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Aug 27, 2020
    I don't understand the idea that athletes can't complain about anything because they're personally successful. Do you guys watch finance television? Billionaires come on Bloomberg and CNBC to complain about things almost literally every day.
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Jul 13, 2018
    You know you wanted this t-shirt anyway. Now you can have it, and be completely confident that you're donating to families of the Capital Gazette. Please share, far and wide capitalgazette.shop.capthat.com/store/
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Mar 25, 2021
    It could have been the wind that pushed that ship into the sand. But it looks like something else was going on, too: the bank effect. /1
    The bank effect and the big boat blocking the Suez
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Mar 26, 2021
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    Guys: this is not a normal refloating. You don't lighten the load and wait for high tide. The bow bulb of that boat has inserted itself into Egypt. They need to remove the Egypt from around and under the boat. There needs to be considerably less Egypt for this boat to go away.
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Mar 24, 2018
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    Ahem.
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Mar 26, 2021
    They can't refloat it because it's not aground. It's beached. It's not on the sand under the water. It's in the sand next to the water.
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    AFP News Agency
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    Mar 26, 2021
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    #BREAKING Attempt to refloat ship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal fails: company
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Mar 28, 2021
    My son wanted a video game, but didn't know exactly what it was called. Searching on Amazon was a nightmare, so we went to a store in the mall. Found a guy there who was incredibly helpful. Seriously: it seems like a good store.
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Mar 22, 2021
    Some personal news: in September I start a PhD in history at Princeton, focusing on the history of money. When I come to regret this choice, I will blame most of all @sethrockman, who introduced me last year to a bunch of historians who seemed fun at the time.
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Jan 24, 2018
    Ok. Ok. If you'd said I could have hung out with SRK at Davos, I would have accepted your invitation.
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    Shah Rukh Khan
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    Jan 24, 2018
    Goodbye Davos. Thanks Prof. & Mrs. Schwab for the Crystal award. To all wonderful people at Davos for being so gracious and lovely.
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    Brendan Greeley
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    Mar 22, 2018
    We told her she could have a puppy. You win, #teampuppy. You win.